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IT should be made legal...
by Nimesh Dikshit on Oct 17, 2007 01:12 AM

I don't know why the govt does not make it legal to donate/sell organs. That's the best way to remove poverty in India. The only care should be taken by the govt that every donated(sold) kidney, the doner would get 10 lakh govt bond. The money 10 lakh should be taken by the receipient. This way just from hte interest of the money the doner's kids can get good education and its family good food. Donating one kidney from a healthy person does not harm the doner. If sister, brother, uncle, mother, father, wife, son, daughter can give donate the kidney to the relative, without any problems to them in future then why not have it just legal for everyone.
But of course there should be severe laws and punishment for wrongful transplant. the condition of hte doner has to be healthy enough for all the standards. And Drs. should be aware that he would be simply "Hanged" if he operates wrongfully, that responsibility is on his head. The blood work etc of the donner has to be done in various places, privately and publicly - a system has to be evolved.
I don't think why this is not done in India. In US, who actually made this donations illegal, recently declared that any prisioner, if donates his/her organs their punishment would be lowered by 10 years or so.
Donating of kidney saves life and India should come out with a system to make it legal and absolutely safe, without any loopholes.

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